they starting charter flights for u.s. citizens eager to leave >> bay area residents are trying to help people in japan with many fund-raising efforts. students and parents of an elementary japanese by cultural and bilingual program held a performance. several checks written out with hundred percent of the money raised going to the northern japan earthquake fund. >> students have coin boxes in all their classrooms. the message collectively you have people who care about you. >> student and parents say they scrambled it together to channel their concerns into positive energy. we have a list of several organizations raising money for the earthquake and tsunami victims in japan. we have a link at www.abc7.com. >>> in other news caltrans crews will be back out earlier this morning near big sur where a mudslide closed the road indefinitely. the slide took out a 40-foot section of the two-lane highway 12 miles south of carmel. northbound traffic is closed at the bixby bridge and the cause of the sleird is unclear. there are no s